April 2012 - Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce

The staff of the Greater Mount Airy Visitors Center greeted 58,485
Visitors in the 2011 year and has greeted a total of 351,665 since
opening its doors in November 2005. The Top 10 States Represented
in order of ranking by most Visitors Represented include: North
Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Georgia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
The Mount Airy Visitors Center greeted and tracked visitors in 2011
representing all 50 States and around 700 International Visitors several
International Countries including visitors from as far away as
Canada, South America, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, Poland,
Italy, Nova Scotia, France, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Aruba,
Holland, Norway, UK-Great Britain, London-England, Puerto Rico,
Bulgaria, Russia, United Kingdom-Scotland, UK-Wales, Iran,
China, Austria, Virgin Islands, Peru, India, Spain, Portugal, Guatemala,
Israel, Ireland, Venezula-S. America, and Bermuda.
January 2012‐March 2012 Visitor Center Stats
In the months of January-March 2012 the staff of
the Mount Airy Visitors Center greeted 6,786
visitors into the Mount Airy Visitors Center. The
Top 10 States Represented of most visitors
includes: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida,
South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee,
Georgia, New York, and Indiana.
The staff greeted international visitors from:
Canada, England, Germany, Australia, Puerto
Rico, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.
Occupancy Tax Figures
In the month of December 2011 the Occupancy
Tax was up 20.89% from December 2011 and in
January 2011 the Tax was up 20.83% from
January 2010 bringing our Year to date number
up 3.40% from the Prior year July 2011-January
2012 compared to July 2010-January 2011. This
is a positive figure considering we had one of
our Hotels close in December-The Microtel Inn
& Suites which has just recently re-opened in
March 2012 at Royals Suites.